MSc., in Ecology & Environmental Management

Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad

Cusco, Peru

2018

B.S., Biology

Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad

Cusco, Peru

2012 - 2008

Research Assistant

Universidad de Arizona
Universidad de Bergen

Cusco, Peru

2020 - 2019

• Project:
  Roles of inter and intra specific variability in the composition and functional diversity of high Andean plants of the Puna in the Manu National Park

Research Assistant

University of Miami
Department of Biology

Cusco, Peru

2017 - 2016

• Project:
  Vulnerability to forest drought dominated by Bamboo: Detection with remote sensing and functional adaptation of the plant community in the Amazon - Andean gradient compared to forest without bamboo

Research Assistant

University of Oxford
GEM Global Ecosystems Monitoring Network

Cusco, Peru

2016

• Project:
  RAINFOR - GEM: A project to understand the carbon balance in the Andean and Amazonian forests

Research Assistant

The Open University
Department of Environment, Earth & Ecosystems
Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space & Astronomical Research
CEPSAR

Cusco, Peru

2015

• Project:
  Evaluate the contribution of tree- stem CH4 and N2O emissions to the total ecosystem emissions from a range of tropical rainforests on the south-eastern slopes of the Andes

Research Assistant

University of Oxford
Environmental Change Institute
University of Leeds
James Cook University

Cairns QLD, Australia

2015

• Project:
  T- Forces: Changes of tropical forests in the land system

Research Assistant

University of Miami
Department of Biology

Cusco, Peru

2015 - 2013

• Project:
  Factors that influence the dynamics and location of the forest line between the forest and the Puna on Parque Nacional del Manu – Peru at Acjanaco, Qurqurpampa and Tres Cruces (4ta Period)

Research Assistant

University of Oxford
Environmental Change Institute
University of Leeds

Oxapampa, Peru

2014

• Project:
  T- Forces: Changes of tropical forests in the land system

Research Assistant

University of Aberdeen
Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Cusco, Peru

2013 - 2010

• Project:
  Are tropical uplands regional hotspots of methane and nitrous oxide?

Research Assistant

University of Oxford
Environmental Change Institute
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Instituto de Ciencias de la Naturaleza Territorio y Energía Renovables

Cusco, Peru

2013

• CHAMBASA Project - CHallenging Attempt to Measure Biotic Attributes along the Slope of the Andes

Research Assistant

University of Edinburgh
School of Geo Sciences

Cusco, Peru

2012 - 2011

• Project:
  Respiration of soil with the Multiplexer Licor along a gradient of elevation of the Andes to the Amazon

Sharing on Short Notice

Invited webinar

RStudio

2020

• Co-delivered international webinar on quickly building R Markdown websites and hosting online.

The Wonderful World of R Markdown

Online workshop

Marcus Autism Center Coding Club

2020

• Taught an introduction to R Markdown and hosting HTML pages on Netlify.

Introduction to Machine Learning with the Tidyverse

rstudio::conf 2020

San Francisco, CA

2020

• Served as a TA for a two day workshop on introducing users to tidymodels, tidyverse packages for doing machine learning.

Undergraduate mentor

Young Lab

Atlanta, GA

2019 - 2018

• Supervised undergraduate for honors thesis research projects

Atlanta Chapter for Society for Neuroscience

Graduate representative

Emory University

2017 - 2015

• Coordinated a program to pair neuroscientists from 3 universities to 60 local K-12 schools for outreach visits, reaching over 5,000 students, and increasing rate of successful pairs by 22% from previous year.
• Planned series of hands-on science demos at the Atlanta Science Festival, presenting to 1000+ public visitors.

Graduates in Neuroscience Curriculum Committee

Elected representative

Emory University

2017 - 2015

• Redesigned course evaluations, increasing student response rate from 53% to 90% and increasing the proportion of descriptive feedback for each lecturer by a factor of 4.
• Implemented online system that improved ease of access and timeliness for 40+ instructors to receive their evaluations.
• Introduced teaching technique called “Checks for Understanding” and provided guidance to over 40 lecturers on its implementation, which 93% of students rated as having had a positive and helpful effect on first year neuroscience courses.

Atlanta Brain Bee

Chair

Atlanta, GA

2017 - 2015

• Led neuroscience Q&A competition for teens.
• Managed 4 coordinators and 49 volunteers to hold the largest Atlanta Brain Bee, including pre-Bee workshops.
• Designed and led trainings for local winner to prepare for nationals, ultimately placing 3rd at nationals (2016) and top 20 (2017)

Teach For America/ YES Prep Public Schools

Founding 7th Grade Science Teacher

Houston, TX

2013 - 2011

• Selected as one of 5,066 from 47,900 applicants to work in national service corps and teach in under-resourced communities.
• Analyzed achievement data regularly for 145 students to inform instruction and create personalized goals for all students.
• Increased average student achievement in 7th grade science by 12% from the previous year.
• Created over 20 short educational videos for K-12 students in inquiry-based learning and field experiences.

Tidymodels.org

for RStudio

tidymodels.org

2020

• Redesigned site for improved user experience and accessibility

Illustration and Design Consulting

Contracted work

N/A

2020 - 2016

• Developed custom CSS site themes for RStudio educational content
• Produced illustration and/or video content for corporate sites or product campaigns.
• Illustration clients include RStudio, Hewlett Packard Latin America, 20th Century FOX, and French newspaper group Le Monde.

Keeya’s Numbers

Children’s Book

Keeya’s Numbers

2020

• Illustrated story about data science for kids.
• Created with Greg Wilson.

100 Days of Tiny Things

Original project

N/A

2017 - 2015

• Created a daily series of 200 + illustrations, garnering an Instagram following @dcossyle of over 32,000 in less than 2 years
• Featured in international media outlets, including interviews with BBC Mundo, BBC Radio 4, The Guardian, and Refinery29

9th Annual Shorty Awards Finalist

Instagrammer of Year

New York City

2017

• 1 of 6 finalists recognizing the best online content creators
• Nominated for illustration project 100 Days of Tiny Things

Of Teacups, Giraffes, and R Markdown

rstudio::conf 2020

San Francisco, CA

2020

• Talk about how to use narrative, design, and interactivity within R Markdown materials to enhance online content for learners.

How to avoid pseudoreplication in experimental design and analysis

Methods Aside: Institute for Quantitative Theory and Methods, Data Science for Scientists ATL & Graduate Research Interdisciplinary Team of Scholars

Emory University

2019

• Focused on statistical concepts and presented to an interdisciplinary audience

Pseudoreplication: How to avoid it in experimental design and analysis

Data Science for Scientists ATL

Atlanta, GA

2018

• Co-developed with Hasse Walum.

Calculating heritability of rhesus’ social traits using the animal model

Neuroscience Work-in-Progress (WIP) Seminar

Yerkes National Primate Research Center

2018

• Demonstrated Bayesian methods for estimating heritability in a large group of rhesus macaques
• Inter-departmental seminar

Tropical tree growth sensitivity to climate is driven by species intrinsic growth rate and leaf traits

Global Change Biology

N/A

2021

• Bauman, D., Fortunel, C., Cernusak, L. A., Bentley, L. P., McMahon, S. M., Rifai, S. W., Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Oliveras, I., Bradford, M., Laurance, S. G. W., Delhaye, G., Hutchinson, M. F., Dempsey, R., McNellis, B. E., Santos-Andrade, P. E., Ninantay-Rivera, H. R., Chambi Paucar, J. R., Phillips, O. L., & Malhi, Y.

Reduced tree density and basal area in Andean forests are associated with bamboo dominance

Forest Ecology and Management

N/A

2021

• Belen Fadrique, Paul Santos-Andrade, William Farfan-Rios, Norma Salinas, Miles Silman, Kenneth J. Feeley

Tropical forest leaves may darken in response to climate change

Nature Ecology & Evolution

N/A

2018

• Christopher E. Doughty, Paul Efren Santos-Andrade, Alexander Shenkin, Gregory R. Goldsmith, Lisa P. Bentley, Benjamin Blonder, Sandra Díaz, Norma Salinas, Brian J. Enquist, Roberta E. Martin, Gregory P. Asner, Yadvinder Malhi

Can Leaf Spectroscopy Predict Leaf and Forest Traits Along a Peruvian Tropical Forest Elevation Gradient?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

N/A

2017

• Doughty C.E., Santos Andrade P.E., Goldsmith G.R., Blonder B., Shenkin A., Bentley L.P, Chavana Bryant C., Huaraca Huasco W., Díaz S., Salinas N., Enquist B.J., Martin R., Asner G.P., Malhi Y.

Effects of social subordination and consumption of an obesogenic diet on total brain size and structural development of cortico-limbic regions: a longitudinal study in infant and juvenile macaques.

49th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN).

Chicago, IL

2019

• Kyle MH, Kaldas A, Pincus M, Godfrey JR, Kovacs-Balint ZA, Morin EL, De Leon D, Li L, Howell BR, Styner M, Payne C, Ethun K, Wilson M, Sanchez MM

Peripheral methylation of macaque OXT and OXTR genes, oxytocin levels in cerebrospinal fluid, and social behavior.

15th Annual GDBBS DSAC Student Research Symposium

Emory University

2018

• De Leon D, Nishitani S, Walum H, McCormack KM, Wilson ME, Smith AK, Young LJ, Sanchez MM

Peripheral methylation of macaque OXT and OXTR genes, oxytocin levels in cerebrospinal fluid, and social behavior.

Presented at workshop Understanding the Neuroregulatory Actions of Oxtyocin and its Potential Clinical Applications.

Erice, Sicily, Italy

2018

• De Leon D, Nishitani S, Walum H, McCormack KM, Wilson ME, Smith AK, Young LJ, Sanchez MM

Sex differences and genetic variation in oxytocin receptor gene of monogamous prairie voles.

Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology Symposium.

Emory University

2018

• Rubin KF, De Leon D, Walum H, Inuoe K, Young LJ

Peripheral methylation of macaque OXT and OXTR genes, oxytocin levels in cerebrospinal fluid, and social behavior.

Yerkes Research Symposium

Yerkes National Primate Research Center

2017

• De Leon D, Nishitani S, Walum H, McCormack KM, Wilson ME, Smith AK, Young LJ, Sanchez MM
• One of five winners for best presentation

Peripheral methylation of macaque OXT and OXTR genes, oxytocin levels in cerebrospinal fluid, and social behavior.

47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN).

Washington, DC

2017

• De Leon D, Nishitani S, Walum H, McCormack KM, Wilson ME, Smith AK, Young LJ, Sanchez MM

Peripheral methylation of macaque OXT and OXTR genes, oxytocin levels in cerebrospinal fluid, and social behavior.

Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (S4SN)

Washington, DC

2017

• De Leon D, Nishitani S, Walum H, McCormack KM, Wilson ME, Smith AK, Young LJ, Sanchez MM